Mayor Ron Humphrey signs a proclamation naming May 4 as the National Day of Prayer in New Boston before the meeting of the city council Tuesday, April 18

On hand to witness were, (rear; left to right) Ross Daughtery pastor of New Zion Baptist Church with Rev. David Goodwin and Tim Graham, both of Tapp Methodist Church.

The first National Day of Prayer took place in 1775 when the Continental Congress proclaimed “a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer” be created. In 1952, National Day ...